Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One

This award-winning series features provocative, in-depth interviews with a high-profile group of artists, writers, activists and civic leaders. It continues to expand its focus to better reflect the country's growing diversity, with voices representing Latino, African-American and Asian-American perspectives. Host: award-winning journalist and author Maria Hinojosa.

Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One Previous Broadcasts

Eve Ensler (Episode #410)

KQED World: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 -- 6:00 AM

A worldwide phenomenon, the female empowerment play The Vagina Monologues has been translated into 45 different languages and performed in more than 119 countries. Creator Eve Ensler joins Maria Hinojosa for a discussion about the play, its global impact, and her tireless activism. Ensler created V-Day to stop violence against women around the world. In 10 years the movement has raised over $70 million and has been cited as one of Worth magazine's "100 Best Charities."

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KQED World: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 -- 9:00 AM

Ming Tsai (Episode #409)

KQED World: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 -- 6:00 AM

Emmy Award-winning chef and restaurateur Ming Tsai is known for his innovative East- West approach. Tsai is chef/owner of Blue Ginger in Wellesley, MA and host of public television's Emmy-nominated Simply Ming, currently in its seventh season. Previously, he hosted East Meets West with Ming Tsai and Ming's Quest, and co-hosted Cooking Under Fire. He also has appeared on Top Chef and Iron Chef America. He is a national spokesperson for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network.

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KQED World: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 -- 9:00 AM

Ben Fong-Torres (Episode #404)

KQED World: Tue, Oct 16, 2012 -- 6:00 AM

A rock journalist, author, and broadcaster, Ben Fong-Torres is best known for his work with Rolling Stone magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. In his interview with Maria Hinojosa, he discusses the highlights of his award-winning career; a career so unique that he was portrayed in the 2000 film Almost Famous by actor Terry Chen. Fong-Torres also discusses his father's immigration to the United States and growing up Chinese- American in the '50s and '60s.

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KQED World: Tue, Oct 16, 2012 -- 9:00 AM

Bobby Sanabria (Episode #402)

KQED World: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 -- 6:00 AM

Musician, conductor, and composer Bobby Sanabria has performed with Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie and Tito Puente, and is one of the most celebrated percussionists in Latin Jazz today.

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KQED World: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 -- 9:00 AM

Neil Degrasse Tyson (Episode #401)

KQED World: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 -- 6:00 AM

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet and host of the WGBH-produced TV series Nova ScienceNow, talks about his passion for science, his efforts to make astronomy accessible, and why he doesn't think the sky is the limit.

TV Technical Issues

TV Technical Issues

(DT9.1 through 9.3) KQED will be performing maintenance at Sutro Tower in the overnight hours early Thursday 12/08. We are
expecting a few power interruptions to take place and KQED will need to be off air for these. The outages are expected to
be brief.

(this is a continuation of the work originally announced for 11/28, which was not completed on Tuesday.) At some point during
the morning of Wednesday Nov. 30th, the KQEH transmitter will switch from its main antenna to the auxillary one, to allow
for the safety of workers doing maintenance for another TV station on the […]